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  • Mayors and local councillors receive pay boost

    WA Mayors and local councillors across WA have received a substantial pay rise, following a ruling by the Salaries and Allowances Tribunal. It is the first significant pay rise for mayors and local councillors in 17 years. From 1 July, councillors will receive up to $30,000 in sitting fees - more than four times the current cap of $7,000. Mayors and shire presidents will get up to $85,000 per ...

  • Long wait over for Gooniyandi native title nod

    Fitzroy Crossing 6765 Traditional owners in the Kimberley danced and sang during a ceremony yesterday to mark the Federal Court's decision recognising their native title claim, 15 years after it was filed.Justice John Gilmour travelled to the Joy Springs community, east of Fitzroy Crossing, to make the declaration.The Gooniyandi people have a joint claim over more than 11,000 square ...

  • Police need public help to find Spearwood teenager

    Spearwood 6163 Police are asking for public help to locate a missing 14-year-old-girl.Isati Elizabeth Yokie was last seen on the evening of the 28th of May at her Spearwood home.Authorities have had limited phone contact with the girl but she has not been located.Police are concerned for her welfare and ask anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 ...

  • Police officer charged over unlawful computer use

    Rockingham 6168 A 49 year-old policeman has appeared in the Rockingham Magistrates Court charged with the unlawful use of a computer.Senior Constable Andrew Philip Smith was not required to plead to six counts of unlawful computer use and was released on bail to seek legal advice.It's alleged he unlawfully accessed a police computer between December 2011 and November last year while ...

  • Defence abuse taskforce now investigating almost 2500 complaints Stephen Smith confirms

    Canberra 2600 Defence Minister Stephen Smith says fresh allegations of abuse in the Defence Force have surfaced, including new complaints relating to the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA).Mr Smith told Federal Parliament today that abuse is more widespread than previously thought, and the Defence abuse taskforce is now investigating 2,410 complaints.The announcement came as the Defence ...


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The Conversation [DVD]

The Conversation [DVD]

As "The Conversation" slowly weaves its absorbing and intricate web, it works its way under your skin, drawing you into its sense of paranoia, until you are sharing the same feelings as the protagonist, who in this case is a man named Harry Caul (Gene Hackman). Caul's profession is surveillance -- watching and recording other people. Even one of Caul's fiercest competitors (Allen Garfield) admits ... ...

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  • Rio Tinto signs Pilbara Indigenous land access deal

    Karratha 6714 Rio Tinto has signed an agreement with the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation for access to 13,000 square kilometres of land in the Pilbara.Yindjibarndi says the agreement encompasses all the significant Indigenous sites between Karratha and Tom Price.It clears the way for Rio to use the land to develop mine and transport projects.Yindjibarndi's chief executive, Michael ...

  • Inquest to start into asylum boat sinking

    An inquest into the deaths of more than 100 passengers on board an asylum seeker boat that sank near Christmas Island last year will begin next ...

  • Native title challenge to Canning gas

    TRADITIONAL owners have vowed to challenge the legal status of a new agreement between the West Australian government and two companies seeking to exploit shale gas in the Canning ...

  • Teen missing for three weeks

    Police have concerns for a 14-year-old girl who has been missing for more than three weeks.Isatu Elizabeth Yokie was last seen at her Spearwood home on Tuesday, May 28.Police said they had spoken to the girl over the phone since then, but she has not been found.They would like Isatu or anyone who knows her whereabouts to call police so they can arrange a meeting in person.Anyone with information ...

  • Stepfather says he wouldnt lie to protect mother of boy in washing machine

    Hilton 6163 The stepfather of a boy who died in a washing machine, has told the Perth Coroners Court he would not lie to protect his former partner if he believed she had killed her son.Craig Shepphard was giving evidence at an inquest into the death of three-and-a-half year old Sean Murphy who died after becoming trapped in a washing machine at the family's Hilton home in September 2010. ...

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